On the heels of ECD’s recent Afternoon With Chopper edit, Nilo Hodge has just released another short filmed video through ECD featuring Dustin Clewell. The edit was filmed during a session at Penn Skate in around thirty minutes time. Although the edit clocks in at just a little over a minute in duration and was filmed in about a half hour time frame, the video is full of impressive riding by Dustin. Hit play and check it out.
PA Woods 2016 Trail Video
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With the transition into winter, the 2016 trail riding season is coming to it’s close on the East Coast and as a result, a flood of trail riding material has been surfacing online. PA Woods just released a new compilation of footage filmed over the past year at the Catty Woods. Don’t forget, you can always make a donation to Catty Woods and the Lehigh Valley Bicycle Association to help keep the Pennsylvania trail riding scene alive.
Photo Gallery: O’Hara Trail Jam
The O’Hara Trail Jam was held last Sunday, November 6th, by a group of locals that have maintained the trails for the past few years. The event gathered BMX riders from all over to celebrate what could be the trails last season. Over the past few years, the land the O’Hara Trails sit on has been threatened by development. Kyle Dipilla was on hand during the event and provided some coverage for our social media accounts. Kyle also shot some photos during the coarse of the day which he was kind enough to send over for your viewing pleasure. You can view all the photos from the O’Hara Trail Jam after the jump.
Read More “Photo Gallery: O’Hara Trail Jam”Afternoon With Chopper
East Coast Destruction released a new edit featuring Chopper last week through their website. Although this one has already made the rounds online it couldn’t be overlooked for our archives and is easily worth a second watch for anyone who’s already seen it. Chopper and Nilo Hodge filmed the edit during a two hour session at the Bethlehem Skateplaza. You can read some words from Nilo about the filming process below.
“I met up with Richard “Chopper” Viands at the Bethlehem Skateplaza to shoot a thirty minute edit. Thirty minutes turned to an hour, an hour turned to two hours. After two hours I decided to name this edit Afternoon With Chopper. He has an awesome style, super technical but can throw down huge stuff whenever.” – Nilo Hodge
Photo Gallery: Creekside Woods Fall Roast
On Saturday, November 5th, Andy Celins hosted a Fall Roast back at the Creekside Woods located on the border between Northeast Philadelphia and Bensalem. Andy extended a personal invitation my way and it was a great opportunity to finally check out all the hard work that Andy and the locals have been putting in. Although I only live a few minute drive from the trails, I haven’t paid them a visit in a number of years. I arrived late in the day and only spent about two hours shooting around and talking with everyone in attendance. You can check out a gallery of photos from the Creekside Woods Fall Roast after the jump.
Read More “Photo Gallery: Creekside Woods Fall Roast”Nilo Hodge | Catty Halloween Jam
Nilo Hodge recently uploaded some photos he snapped during the annual Catty Woods Halloween Jam on the East Coast Destruction website. You can read some words from Nilo about the jam below and don’t forget to check out all the photos by visiting the ECD website.
“Sunday was the annual Catty Halloween Jam down. The turnout was crazy, as usual. So many dope costumes and riders throwing down wild shit. I got there a little late, after the best trick contest but people were still riding to everything. Here’s a few photos from that day and sorry to whoever I hit in the face with my flash while jumping the shark fin.” – Nilo Hodge
2Dodgy – Halloween Jam II
The second annual 2Dodgy Halloween Jam went down this past Sunday, October 30th, at Keck Skatepark. The event was sponsored by S&M, Kink, Merritt, Fit and Action Wheels Bike Shop. Although there was some rain in the weekend forecast, the jam went forward as scheduled and the rain held out until later in the day. Scott Effting filmed the event and put together this edit from the footage. There’s some pretty solid riding in this one as well as a high air content and death race. Hit play and check it out.
Catty Woods Halloween Jam 2016
Last Sunday (September 23rd), The annual Catty Woods Halloween Jam went down despite some inclement weather conditions over the weekend. Frank Ashbridge was on hand once again during the event on behalf of his Shutter Destruction project. Frank shot a bunch of photos which he was kind enough to share with us for this gallery as well as an Instavid composed of footage from the jam Frank shot. However, due to Instagram’s new copyright restrictions the video had to be uploaded to YouTube instead. You can view the entire gallery after the jump.
All photography by Frank Ashbridge.
Read More “Catty Woods Halloween Jam 2016”Featured Photo: Cotton Robbins
Cotton Robbins – Barspin
Photo: Nilo Hodge
Nilo Hodge has been hard at work on his 366 Photo Project for awhile now, and hosted his first photo opening last week in Easton, PA. This photo of Cotton Robbins throwing a barspin in front of a brick building with an old painted sign also turned up online last week and both are perfect examples of that hard work paying off. You can read some words written by Nilo about the photo below and don’t forget to check out Nilo’s 366 Photo Project for more photography.
“I went out riding around Allentown with a bunch of the younger guys today. I met Cotton a little while back and he’s pretty solid dude. I saw him trying out this tight bank to barspin. I’ve always loved the old painted sign in the background and I wanted to incorporate it into a photo. The sun was beginning to set and the sky looked awesome. I asked Cotton to give the barspin a go again and he was down. This is the shot that we came away with.” – Nilo Hodge
The Welcome Jam 2016
The 2016 Welcome Jam was held last Sunday, October 16th at Pam’s Front Yard and was organized by Michael and Mark Potoczny. Justin Kendle (@jkendle22) was on hand during the event and captured some footage which he edited together over a track by Fern Street (@fernstreetmusic). You can read some words about the event below written by Justin.
“Huge thanks to the Potoczny family and everyone who dug to get Pam’s Front Yard ready for this year’s Welcome Jam. Here’s an edit I put together. I haven’t filmed and edited BMX much since high school so it was awesome to have the opportunity. Especially with so many shredders in one place. Huge thanks to Fern Street for providing the sound track.” – Justin Kendle
Photo Gallery: Berks Street Zine Release
On Saturday, October 1st, Steve Tassone hosted the Berks Street zine release and photo gallery at the Indie Photo Lab in Philadelphia. The photo gallery featured 35mm photography by Steve and celebrated the launch of his new Berks Street venture. Copies of the zine are available through the Berks Street online store and the gallery will be on display for the entire month of October. The Indie Photo Lab is located at 206 E. Girard Ave. Philadelphia, PA. 19125.
Brendan Mulrooney contacted us with a gallery worth of photos he shot and developed during the Berks Street zine release and was kind enough to send them over to share with us. Don’t forget to follow Brendan @barackobrendan on Instagram and check out his Flickr for more. You can check out the entire gallery of photos after the jump.
Read More “Photo Gallery: Berks Street Zine Release”Berks Street – Only In Philadelphia
Steve Tassone has been hard at work turning a dream into reality. Earlier today, Berks Street BMX officially launched their website / online store in addition to releasing the brands first promo titled “Only In Philadelphia”. Along with the launch of the website, Berks St. has also released their first zine which consists of 40 pages of 35mm photography taken by Steve Tassone. Berks Street will be hosting a photo gallery / zine release tomorrow night (Saturday, October 1st) at 7pm at the Indie Photo Lab located at 206 E. Girard Ave. Philadelphia, PA. 19125.
You can check out some more info about the promo after the jump and don’t forget to check out the Berks Street website for all your BMX needs in the greater Philadelphia area.